A writing breathed out by God: 1 Timothy 3:14-15, “14 Although I hope to come to you soon, I am writing you these instructions so that, 15 if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.”
The writer is speaking on behalf of "the Church" and once again we see authority emanating from the leadership level of the Church. Personal interpretation of the scriptures is fraught with danger as people are apt to interpret them to suit there own preconceived notions. If personal interpretation was to be the the standard, there would have been no need for anyone to write instructions for anyone else.
Sola Scriptura is not about personal interpretation: it is about the hierarchy of authority.
Any writing breathed-out by God is more authoritative than anything the Church says.
someday Carm-posting Catholics will get that right.
Try using these descriptions of SS
From Catholic.com
the principle of
sola scriptura ("Scripture alone"), according to the sharpest Protestant scholars,
means that the Bible is the ultimate authority—above councils and popes and any tradition—but not that no commentary or tradition may be cited or utilized
from New Advent
"The [first] objective [or formal] principle proclaims the canonical Scriptures, especially the New Testament, to be t
he only infallible source and rule of faith and practice (not the only source)"
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Protestantism, however, by no means despises or rejects church authority as such, but only subordinates it to, and measures its value by, the Bible,"
from Wiki
sola scriptura in contrast rejects any original infallible authority other than the
Bible. In this view,
all subordinate authority is derived from the authority of the scriptures, and is therefore subject to reform when compared to the teaching of the Bible. Church councils, preachers, Bible commentators, private revelation, or even a message allegedly from an angel or an apostle are not considered an original authority alongside the Bible in the
sola scriptura approach.
from
https://www.reformandamin.org/
The heart of the battle over
Sola Scriptura is a battle over
the issue of authority. Who has the right to tell people what to believe and what to do? If the Bible is inspired by God, and thereby inerrant, then it is also authoritative. In other words, the revealed commands of God in Scripture are binding on the believer. When Scripture speaks, God speaks. However, during the medieval period, the Catholic Church
raised “tradition” to a place of equal authority with Scripture.
from Zondervan Academic:
Sola Scriptura declares that only Scripture is our inerrant, sufficient, and
final authority for the church, because it is God breathed and divinely inspired (2 Timothy 3:16). In the sixteenth century, this
directly contradicted the teachings of the Catholic Church, which elevated tradition and the Pope and magisterium’s authority to the level of Scripture itself.
from crosswalk
God's word has the
highest authority for all of life. This does not mean that the Bible is clear on every issue or question we have—the Bible has little to say on how to speak Spanish or the scientific intricacies of rocket science. However, Sola Scriptura means that the Bible is the infallible Word of God, and takes
supreme authority over our lives in every area it speaks to. This means that reason, logic, tradition, and experience and valid, but ultimately shall be submitted under scripture as our
greatest authority
from Bible info
the Bible alone is the supreme authority for what Christians should believe and practice
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